Welcome to 10th Grade.
YOU HAVE 156 WEEKS AND COUNTING...
IT'S JUST A PHASE - DON'T MISS IT!
Your time is limited so make the most of every moment! Every Phase is a timeframe in a kids life when you can leverage distinctive opportunities to influence their future.
IT'S JUST A PHASE - DON'T MISS IT!
Your time is limited so make the most of every moment! Every Phase is a timeframe in a kids life when you can leverage distinctive opportunities to influence their future.
ANTICIPATE NEW INDEPENDENCE
Sweet sixteen means sweet freedom. Whether this is getting a driver's license, using public transportation, or hopping in an Uber, your teenager may no longer depend on you for transportation. This year, you may constantly question just how much is too much freedom.
EXPECT SOME FRESH SKEPTICISM
With newfound freedom comes greater life experience. That really life-shattering bad thing you warned them about? They know someone who survived it. The standards you held up for them in the past? They may come to realize you haven't always lived by them. So, get ready for them to challenge you on... well, just about everything.
KEEP FIGHTING FOR THEIR HEART
A sophomore still needs boundaries, but unless the boundaries make sense in light of their personal (and changing) beliefs, they won't stay within them. Just remember, when you "debate" (loudly) boundaries with a sophomore, stay in the present. They aren't challenging what you both want ten years form now, they just need you to understand what they need right now.
Sweet sixteen means sweet freedom. Whether this is getting a driver's license, using public transportation, or hopping in an Uber, your teenager may no longer depend on you for transportation. This year, you may constantly question just how much is too much freedom.
EXPECT SOME FRESH SKEPTICISM
With newfound freedom comes greater life experience. That really life-shattering bad thing you warned them about? They know someone who survived it. The standards you held up for them in the past? They may come to realize you haven't always lived by them. So, get ready for them to challenge you on... well, just about everything.
KEEP FIGHTING FOR THEIR HEART
A sophomore still needs boundaries, but unless the boundaries make sense in light of their personal (and changing) beliefs, they won't stay within them. Just remember, when you "debate" (loudly) boundaries with a sophomore, stay in the present. They aren't challenging what you both want ten years form now, they just need you to understand what they need right now.
Your role is to
MOBILIZE
their potential
Your tenth grader feels comfortable navigating the hallways of high school, and they are ready for more. Tenth graders are expanding their life experience. They will push the limits. They might even rebel a little- even though you never did. So guide them to clarify their values carefully.
They still need you more than they will say.
They still need you more than they will say.
Your teenager...
THINKS LIKE A PHILOSOPHER
You help them learn when you ask questions.
wants to know "wHY SHOULD I belIEVE?"
You capture their heart when you clarify their values.
is motivated by freedom.
You coach their moral abilities when you catch them doing something good.
